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Join us for an informative and inspiring Fireside Chat with Seth Kravitz, who has spent the last decade building and selling technology companies. In 2004, when he was 21, he co-founded a company called InsuranceAgents.com, which was ranked #24 on the 2009 Inc. 5000 and #68 on the 2010 Inc. 5000. Utilizing no outside capital (bootstrapped), as the CEO, Seth was able to lead InsuranceAgents.com to $12 million in revenue in 2008, while maintaining its profitability throughout. InsuranceAgents.com eventually grew to nearly 65 employees in two cities, before being acquired by Bankrate (NYSE: RATE) in 2012. Along the way, he also co-founded DebtHelp.com, which with its early revenue growth, was acquired after only 20 months by another public company, Quinstreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: QNST).

Seth is heavily engaged in Chicago’s start-up community via founding a publishing and events company called Technori, which directly supports and has been instrumental in growing the Chicago startup community since 2010. This has also allowed him to take a very active role in the direction and development of many of the local city-sponsored entrepreneur programs, facilities, university programs, and other non-profit initiatives. Seth is the youngest member ever selected to the Emerging Leaders Program at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a member of the Youth Committee of the Economic Club of Chicago, and Board Member at The Experience Institute.

We will leave time at the end of the Fireside Chat for open questions from the audience as well!

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